MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Russian police named a Chechen man as the alleged mastermind behind the high-profile murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, but the dead politician’s supporters said he was only a low-level figure and that a cover-up was underway.Nemtsov, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics, was shot dead on Feb 27 as he walked across a bridge near the Kremlin. Aged 55, he had been working on a report examining the Russian military’s role in the Ukraine crisis. His killing sent a chill through Russian opposition circles.Police investigators said on Tuesday they planned to charge …read more
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